IDF's Top Lawyer Resigns Over Leaked Video Showing Abuse, Not the Abuse Itself
Major General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi is out, according to the BBC, facing an investigation into *how* footage of alleged abuse of a Palestinian detainee at Sde Teiman was leaked, rather than a full accounting for the abuse itself. This isn't oversight; it's crisis management for PR. One might recall numerous documented instances of abuse from human rights organizations like B'Tselem and Amnesty
International detailing systemic patterns of detainee mistreatment long before any video made it too inconvenient to ignore. So, the takeaway here isn't a commitment to justice, but a renewed dedication to secrecy. The 'investigation' appears less about protecting human beings and more about protecting state image. How many atrocities go unpunished just because the 'process' wasn't exposed on
tape?